raditiorter: after eight years of fighting extradition from britain, 54-year-old abu hamza al-masri appeared in u.s. federal court in new york. prosecutors say the egyptian- born radical muslim cleric was an al qaeda spiritual leader. flock those who flocked to hear him was 9/11 conspirator zacarias moussaoui, and shoe bomber richard reed. former prosecutor ed o'callaghan handled tabu hamza' case what is it he was exhorting people to do there? foto commit violence, to rise ap and follow the al qaeda fatwa which was essentially to commit violence against the west help. >> reporter: abu hamza is accused of conspiring to establish an al qaeda training camp in rural oregon in 1999. >> the camp would have trained al qaeda sympathizers here in the united states. those either with u.s. passports sspoith other western country passports, and have them trained in explosive training and, frankly, soldier trainl. >> reporter: in a 2002 >> reporter: in a 2002 interview with cbs news, abu hamza downplayed his connection to the >>ganizers. >> i don't know if these people ask me some questions or some of th